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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
DISPOSED TO FIGHT.
Canada Will Continue the Seizure
of American Vessels.

Canada Will Continue the seizure
of American Vessels.
The Ottawa correspondent Of the Toronto
Hail telegraphs:
yesterday the announcement was mace
that the Imperial Government had consented
to send men-of-war out next season to ASSIST
in the protection of the Canadian fisheries. 10
the people of the United States doubtless, TINS
will be anything but palatable informatlon'
but, as q matter Of fact, 1t Is SIMPLY Iol-
lowing the precedent established before
the Washington treaty came into opera
terropated as to the correctness OF the
report, said: 1t Is true that the
Imperial authorities have consented to
send out one or two gunboass next spr7ng 10
assist the marine police in the enforcement
of our fishery rights. Some time ago. ne
added, 'au understanding was arrived at
with the home auth Jrities taat Inc
usual assistance should be given. Inc
reason why aid was not rendered LAST season
was due tothe long correspondence s wnica nad oad
to the fact that by the time the imperial au-
thorities had settled on their policy the fishing
season had nearly expired pointed out 70
this gentleman the special cable appearing In
the HuI, in which the Under Foreign Secre-
tary had been made to say that the Canadian
Cabinet had made proposition which, from
the liberality Of its character. Is likely 10 con.
tribute to- settlement of the dispute. II from
this the inference is to be drawn that
the Dominion Government has reeeded
from the position it has taken all along
as to its rights, based on the treaty OF
1878, there is mistake somewhere, !
have it on good authority that
the Government still adheres to the policy it
has frequently announced, and it is reported
that no offer Of the kind the cable speaks OF
has been made"
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RETALIATION. :
Resolutions Before Congress Re-
garding the Fishery Seizures.

Resolutions Before Congress Re-
gsrding the Fishery Seizures.
Resolutions Of the Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture concerning the treatment Of American
fishing vessels in Canadian waters were
presented in both houses Of Congress on
Monday. They declare. that the Legisla.
ture is in favor Of retaliati on to
the extent of denying to Cana
dian vessels in American ports
the right to purchase supplies, and the event
ual exclusion Of all Canadian products by
land or sea until the offensive legislation and
action of the Canadian authorities are dis
continued.
In the House Mr.. Boutelle Of Maine intro
duced resolution directing the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Affairs to report back forthwith
the Senate Retaliation bill
Mr. Lawler Of Illinois introduced the fol-
lowing: !,
Great Britain will shortly dispatch fleet OF
war ships to cruise in the vicinity OF our
Northeastern coast line indicate hostility to-
ward the United States growing out Of our
position on the fisheries question, and
Whereas, Admiral Porter has directed at
tention to the fact that twenty seven OF our
Atlantic; Gulf and Pacific harbors are abso-
lutely defenceless, eleven Of them, to wit:
New York, San francisco, Boston, the lake
ports, Hampton Roads, New Orleans, Phila-
delphia, Washington, Baltimore, Portland
Maine, and the Rhode Island ports Of Maria
gansett Bay, are in urgent need of immedi-
ate defence, and
Whereas, It is alleged that Great Britain
and Canada are in possession Of charte and
exemplification Of all our harbors and coast
defence: therefore,
ResoIved, That the President be requested
as Commander. in Chief Of the army and
navy, to inform the House OF Representa-
tiyes at an early day what steps, if any, are
necessary, in his Judgment, to provide for
this emergency.
The resolution was referred to the Com
mite on Appropriations.
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LATER NEWS.

THREE men walking on railroad track
near Hyde Park, Mass, were instantly
killed by an express train.
MASKED burglars attempted to rob the
Jersey City IN. J,) Postoffice. After binding
and gagging tt> watchman and janitor OF
the building they worked for hours at the
safe without success, and finally left with but
little plunder.
AMID.wINrER thunder storm-a phenom-
email occurence-is reported from Ohio and
Illinois. At Upper Alton. Ill, William s.
Lee was struck by lightning at the dinner
table and instantly killed.
4 LARGE number of cattle growers from
western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Kentucky, southern Illinois, and
Tennessee have been holding conference at
Cincinnati with a view to organizing an
Ohio Valley Growers Association.
AMID much excitement in the Indiana Leg
islature on Thursday Judge Turpie Dem.)
was declared elected United States Senator
from the 4th of March next. The vote, as
announced by acting Lieutenant-G Governor
Smith, was: Judge Turpie, 76: Senator Har-
rison, "a. There had been legislative dead
lock for weeks, AID the Democrats finally
received ma ;ority by the aid OF a Labor
Representatives vote. The Republicans de-
clared they would contest Turpie's seat in the
United States Senate.
LEADING Chicago lawyers think Miss Van
Zandt's marriage to Anarchist Editor Spies,
the bridegroom being represented in the cer
emony by his brother, is illegal
rlSGxTEEN national banks were organized
during January.
TWENTY-FIVE witnesses are to be SUBJ
penaei in Texas to testify concerning an
alleged political outrage which the Senate
Elections Committee has been directed to in
vestigate.
MANITOBA indians are dying in large num-
bers from pestilence and famine.
MRS. ELLIOTT and her f1fteen-year-old
daughter and twelve-year-old son were
burned to death in their dwelling near Rock
port, Canada.
FROM every European capital come rumors
of war. 1t is predicted that terrible out.
break is close at hand.
ITALIAN troops in the Soudan have been
attacked by their former allies, the Abys-
sinians, and cut to pieces Heavy reinforce
ments have been dispatched from Italy.
REPORTS of the New York City savings
banks for the past year show large IN
crease in deposits.
HEAVY floods have done serious damage
along the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers.
OVER 200 petitions from different parts OF
tho country have been presented in the
Senate by Senator Blair, protesting against
tho running Of Sunday mail trains.
ACCORDING to a journal Of Las Lumas'
small town in Cuba, there are eleven persons
there who are over 100 years Of age. They
are all women, and the Oldest is Ill years.
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A NOTED CASE.
An Insurance Claim Paid After a
Long Contest.

An Insurance Claim Paid After a
Long Contest.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York, having become convinced Of the
Justice of Mrs. William Wackeries claim,
has dismissed its appeal to tn , Missouri Su-
preme Court and has paid to her the sum of
$4,000. This noted case has been awaiting
settlement for fifteen years. In 1872 Mrs.
Wackerie's husband died and was buried in
Shreveport, La An insurance policy on his
life was he'd in the above company, and to
prove the deceased mans identity Mrs.
Wackerie went to Shreveport and had the
body exhumed. Sh, then presented her
claim to the company, which refused pay
ment, giving as its reason that Wackerie
still lived. In support of this refusal, when
the case came to trial witness was intro
duced who swore that he was the plaintiffs
husband. Before the courts the plaintiff was
successful, however. The action of this COM
pany will make it possible for Mrs. Wackerie
to collect the amounts Of the policies in other
companies, which refused payment on the
same ground that the New York company
did. Mrs Wackerie has been living in pow
erty all these years. Her claims, all told,
amount to about S29. 000
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A QUEER MARRIAGE
Spies, the Chicago Anarchist,
Weds Miss Van Zanlt.
The Bridegroom Represented in the
Ceremony by His Brother:

The announcement Is made in Chicago that
August Spies, the Anarchist editor in prison
under sentence Of death, and Miss Nina Van
Zaudt have been married by proxy, the
groom being represented by his brother.
When Sheriff Mattson, about two weeks ago,
issued the order to the keeper Of the county
jail not to admit Miss Van Zandt to see
Spies, it was thought that the matter was
settled, but it now appears that neither Of
the couple abandoned their purpose. A
marriage by proxy was decided upon, and
Justice Englehardt, in the town Of Jetfer.
recently as denouncing the verdict Of
tbs Anarchist trial was consulted He gave
it as his opinion that marriage by proxy
would be binding in law if the proxy was
made out in due legal form. He was COM
missioned to draw up q form Of q proxy, and
spent considerable time in making it conform
to what he thought the law required.
Early on Saturday Miss Van Zandt and
Gretchen Spies, the sister of August, went
out to Jefferson and called en- Justice Eng!e-
document, they went direct to the
county Jail with it They met the
wife Of Spies's brother, Ferdinand,
and Mrs Wendland. Miss Van
Zandt's three companions witnessed the sig
nature or Spies TO the document, by which
he gave full authority to his brother, Henry
w. Spies, to represent him at the ceremony.
Mrs Ferdinand Spies and Miss Gretchen
Spies signed the paper to witness August
Spies's signature. Then the party went with
Ferdinand Spies to Justice Englehardts
Office. on Milwaukee avenue, in the t)wn Of
Jefferson. They were REINFORCED on the.
way by Miss Van Zandt's parents and Henry
and Chris. Spies brothers Of August
The journey to Justice Englehardt's Office
was made on foot. It was after o'clock on
Saturday night by this time. The Justice
again examined his law books, aud
then the ceremony was performed.
Henry Spies answered to the,
name Of August Vincent Theodore
Spies, and under this name was married TO-
Miss Van Zandt The bride and her parents
went from the Office of the Justice to the
home Of Mr.. AMI Mrs Ferdinand Spies, not
Tar distant, and remained there over night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

The modus operaudi of progressive
donkey party is thus described by the
Springfield (Mass.) Union: You cut a
big silhouette of tailless donkey out
of cloth or paper and fasten it to the
wall. Each of the guests receives q
cambria tail and pin, and is then blind
folded and placed in corner opposite
the donkey. After whirling around
three times he starts out to pin the tail
to the donkey. Wherever he strikes the
wall, there he must pin the tail. The
result generally is still tallless donkey
surrounded with a galaxy of tails and
lots of fun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
THE FISHERIES TROUBLE.
Minister Phelps and Premier Sails
bury III DISCUSSION.

Minister Phelps and Premier Sails
bury in Discussion.
United States Minister Phelps has had an
hours conference with the Marquis of
Salisbury, at the Premier's request, to
discnsi the Canadian fisheries question.
Lord Salisbury expressed himself gratiEe1
at the general tone Of the American press
and people in tho dispute, and he assured Mr.
Phelps that England and Canada were
equally desirous Of an amicable adjustment
of the whole case.
The sub ject of the i 'Sputa was also brought
up in the House of Commons Sir James
Ferguson, Parliamentary Secretary OF the
Foreign Office, in answer tn inquiries SAID
that the Government had been conferring
with the Government of the United States
on the question. The Canadian fisheries, he
said, were very valuable, and the Government
had followed the policy concerning them
which had been adopted by the prec eding Gov
crnments, and would maintain the rights of the
colonists, with every desire to conciliate the
United States The Government were unable
at present to narrate the whole course OF the
negotiations with the United States, but
could state that a dispatch had been received
which was of pacific character and af-
fordel material grounds for a final settle
ment Of the dispute
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
A War FEVER
Evidences of an Approaching
Conflict in Europe.
The Powers Raising Money and
Collecting Supplies.

Cable dispatches give daily announcements
concerning an impending war in Europe. on
Thursday there was quite panic in the Lon
don and Paris money markets In London
there was intense excitement on the Stock
Exchange all day. The unt svorable state Oh
the market was due chiefly to reports Of
heavy failures on the Paris Bourse and
to a report that a large banking in
stitution in Berlin had collapsed. The
panic on the Stock Exchange . set
in with the greatest force in the afternoon.
Earlier in the day English buying met the
Continental rush to sell, but, later, alarm
seized English operators, and the torrent OF
sellers be anne so great that dealers refused
to make prices The widest rumors were
credited, and the best home and foreign Sc
curities were largely sold. Business contln-
ned active in the street until the Petite
Bourse quotations were received from Paris,
which showed that the panic was intensity
inc on the Continent, and caused depression
and anxiety at the close. The reckless selling
of railroad securities was partially cnecKed
by New York buying Besides the English
orders Berlin and Paris threw large
masses of stock on the market French, !tal-
inn, Russian and Hungarian securities
were down from two to three and a-half per
cent English Consols in the afternoon were
sold heavily and prices relapsed from the
opey,iup quotation, 11-16 for money and five
eigbths for the account. There was an aver
age fall in English railway securities OF two
and a-half per cent, while in American rail-
way securities the fall ranged from one to
two per cent.
The French Government has made large
purchases of Russian oats for the use or the
French cavalry and has chartered number
of steamers to convey them from the Baltic
ports to France.
The Russian Government has forbidden
the expectation of horses from Russia.
The Bulgarian Chambers voted creot
of sl,OO0,O00 to enable the Government TO
complete its military preparations.
Atau In lustrial ball in Vienna the EN-
neror oil Austria, who was among the guests,
said the present military measures had been
rendered necessacy by the parsimonlous war
estimates of recent years, and that the ob1e:t
was to raise Aus ria to level with other
powers.
The German Government is reported TO
have taken steps to raise loan OF S75,oOO,-
OOJ to be available for war purposes Inc
Government has available nearly lOO, 200
marks. which were voted for home purposes
but not spent. This will probably be used
: The darkest view of tthe European situa-
tiou, is taken in diplomatic circles at Brus-
sells, Belgium. Private intelligence shows
that an Immense amount of provisions is BE-
ing accumulated at Coblentz, and that the
Metz garrison is undergoing severe and un-
ceasing practice. 1t is believed that the
government will make a parliamentary
Statement on Belgian neutrality aud the
projected military precautions
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

The three hundred active building 30
cieties of Philadelphia are carrying
mortgages on real estate to the
amount of $50, 100000. These mortgages
are being paid off in monthly sums, rang
ing from SIS to $50 monthly. Three
fourths of these mortgages are on small
houses, worth from $500 to $4,000, and
the occupants, instead of paying rent, are
paying off the mortgages, and will event
ually own their own houses at cost but
little more than they would have paid
for rent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
A WATERSPOUT.
Carrying Death and Destruction III

Carrying Death and Destruction III
its Wake in Tennessee.
Chestnut Mound, on the Upper Cumoer'
land, in Tennessee, has been VISITED oy a
waterspout, which carried death and destruc-
tion in its wake and almost ruined that SO tion
of country. Near midnight solid oody OF
water swept down the valley with terllpie ai.a
force One small branch stream rose httee5
feet in few moments. Rushing upon DaVlu
Bush's house the water lifted the structure
from its foundation and it fell to pieces ana
floatei away. Mr.. Bush aud his family, De-
ing asleep, were unaware Of the danger sr th, tts
til they were thrown from their oeds ln'o 'he
water. A., p,,.h
was unable to render assistance to ms 81 IAN, I'M
ily. but when he made his way out OF the the
water he found all had escaped, with the
exception of his ten-y,ear-old son; On. ,aIn dne
and MIR. Bush again plunged into the Hood
could not find the M and was sad h@se neary
drowned. The body of the boy was found
the next morning
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

In the town of Jackson, Tenn, there
is shabby looking house occupied by
colored people, one of the rooms of
which was until recently embellished
with paper representing real estate now
worth more than ss,ooo,OOO. The fou,
sides were covered with land grants be-
longing to one of the volumes of the
Land Office for West Tennessee, that has
been missing since the war. Mr.. John
W. Gates, Register of the Land Office,
has carefully gathered up these valuable
documents and will soon have them in
shape for future reference and preserva-
tion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

Counterfeit notes to the value Of $4s,.
519 have been discovered by Treasury
officers among the National bank notes
sent to the Department for redemption
since the establishment of the Redemp-
tion Agency in 1874. What security
has the ordinary citizens against clever!y
executed counterfeits when nearly 81, 900
worth of them annually run the gauntlet
of the officers of the National banks
without detection2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

The Duke of Sutherland, who was re-
Gently in Washington, owns very large
tracts of land in this country, aggregat-
ing, it is said, 425, 900 acres. His posses
sions in Great Britain cover 1858, 545
acres, yielding an income of sos, 335.
He also has 81, 5oO,O 900 invested in a
Scotch railroad. He is the owEer of
Dunrobin Castle, Loeb Inver House,
House of Tongue, Tarbet House and
Castle Leod, all in Scotland, and Stafford
House, Trentham Hall, Lilleshall Hall
and Chic den, in England.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
There is nothing so fuctuating as COM

There is nothing so fuctuating as COM
merce. 1t was net 80 many years ago
that Newport competed with New York
for the commerce of America; to-day it
is a mere pleasure resort. Charleston
once held in its hand the commerce OF
the Gulf. There are cities on the Cult
coast of Florida that once ranked high
in the commercial world, but to-day are
dead, their names never even heard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
A FATAL WIND STORM. -.

Trees Blown Over and Miners Killed
in Washington Territory.
While the wind was blowing at the rate OF
sixty miles an hour an immense oak tree,
which sheltered the camp OF Chinese
miners, west of the Northern Pacific tun-
mel, at Tacoma, Washington Territory, was
overturned and probably dozen Cinnamon
we: killed. Nine dead bodies have been re-
covered from the camp and several bodies are
supposed to be buried in the deep snow. At
Hunts Camp, few miles west of the Chi
nese camp, a similar accident occurred to
white laborers, but it was not believed that
any Of them were fatally injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

Melinite, new explosive with which
the French military authorities are ez.
perimenting, is said to have ten times
the power of nitro-glycerine, and 100
times that of gunpowder. General
Boulanger, the French Minister of War,
has decided on the immediate manu-.
facture of 100000 melinite projectiles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

Through the efforts of the Minnesota
fish commission Duluth is to have a
United States fish hatchery which will
be the largest and best one In the world.
The main structure is to be so by 100
feet. 1t will be able to produce 500, O,OO0-
600 fish each year. This is pretty big
fish story, but Duluth is quite able that
nav
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16
Washington.

THE President has nominated Edward W.
Mealey, Of Hagerstown, Md, to be Consul at
Munich.
A MEMORIAL has been sent to the President
thanking him for the nomination Of Mr..
Matthews, the Albany coiored man twice
rejected for Recorder Of Deeds in the District
of Columbia by the Senate. The memorial
was signed by Bishop Brown. Of the African
N. E. Church, and twenty-one ministers.
HON. GEORGE H. PENDLEToN, United
States Minister to Germany, has arrived in
this country, and will remain in Washington
and Cincinnati for about two months.
MOST of the officers of the signal service
stationed in Washington are outspoken in
favor of the transfer Of that service to the
Department of Agriculture, where it could
be established on basis similar to that of
the revenue marine service Of the Treasury.
The last statement of the public debt
shows a reduction of s9,5l5, ,GS7 for January.
Total cash in the Treasury is $3.50, ,S26, 423.
The total debt is now 81, I3l, 1S3, ,7S4, of which
S7,SG3, SIS is interest and the balance princi-
pal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

By instructive parallel columns the
Toronto Globe show that while the United
States debt has diminished from $2,-
500, 151, ,211 in 1867 to $1,274, 72S, 153 in
1855, the Canadian debt has steadily
risen from s93, O46, O51 to $2s1, ,314, $50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

Prof. Felix Adler, in recent address,
said that there were 5000 children OF
both sexes between the ages of eight and
fifteen years, at work in factories in New
York city. He claims that the laws for
preventing child-labor are inadequate
and the attempts to enforce compulsory
education are ridiculous.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-16

A short time ago cargo of lsS tons OF
pig iron from Birmingham, Alabama,
was shipped from Charleston, South
Carolina, to New York. This was tho
first cargo of pig iron ever shipped FROM
Charleston, and is the beginning Of
trade which promises to be one OF the
most important in the South.